Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert is considered to be an expert on ointegrating technology with education. He created the Logo programming language and the first children's toys with biult in computaion in his laboratory. He paticipates in developing opportuinities for childeren to work with technology. He is a professor at the MIT and one of the founders of the MIT media Lab. He also works on the advisory board for MaMaMedia Inc. which was founded by one of his students.

Currently however Mr. Papert is doing rehabilitaion in a Rehab Center in Maine. He was injured in Hanoi, Vietnam when he was stuck by a motorcycle while crossing the street. An update says he is getting better but still needs his rest and is not seeing vistors yet.

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iPODs in the classroom

To find out ways to use and i pod in the classroom i just went to the apple website and found the education section. There are many ways to use ipods in the classroom. The site lists a few and also give some links to see how people are using apple technology in the schools.

You can use video ipods to show how science experiments can be done. You can use podcasts and books on tape that are downloadable through iTunes. Some of the videos includes foreign language lessons and and shortr documentaries. They list many ways to use and iPod in the classroom. Check it Out

Spreadsheets in the classroom.

The website i found talks about using spreadsheets in math. You can use spreadsheets to create charts and graphs not to mention other things. Once you enter data into the cell you can create functions to find the sum of the data, the mean, product, and just about any other product. This website has examples and downloads to show how you can also use the spreadsheets. You can also find formulas for areas and other things using spreadsheets. Future of Math